Current Issues in Romance Languages: Selected Papers from the 29th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (Lsrl), Ann Arbor, 8-11 April 1999 (Amsterdam ... IV: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)

This volume emerges from the 29th annual conference of the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL) held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1999. Topics covered include: on becoming a clitic; the prenominal possessive in romance; on the nature of bare nouns in Haitian Creole; the semantics of Spanish free relatives; split subject pronoun paradigms; non-lexical "if"; and Romanian nominal structure, proforms and genitive case checking among others. CURRENT ISSUES IN ROMANCE LANGUAGES......Page 2 Editorial page......Page 3 Title page......Page 4 Copyright page......Page 5 Table of contents......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 8 0. Introduction......Page 10 2. Development from Latin......Page 12 2.1 Old French......Page 13 2.2 Old Spanish......Page 15 2.3 Italian......Page 16 3. Syntactic Representation......Page 21 4. Conclusion......Page 22 REFERENCES......Page 23 1. Data......Page 26 2. Test......Page 28 3.1 Lexical patterns......Page 30 3.2 Quantity sensitivity......Page 31 3. 3 Falling diphthongs......Page 32 3.4 A process in change......Page 34 4. Ternary Feet......Page 37 REFERENCES......Page 39 2. Spanish clauses without complementizer......Page 42 3.1 Topicalization......Page 46 3.2 Wh-extraction......Page 50 4. On the impossibility of a pre-verbal subject in complementizerless clauses......Page 52 5. Conclusion......Page 53 REFERENCES......Page 54 2. Theoretical Background......Page 56 3. The properties of Haitian Creole bare Nouns......Page 58 4. HC bare nouns in Chierchia's typology......Page 61 5. Evidence for a null determiner in HC ......Page 64 6. The syntax and semantics of the Haitian Creole null D°......Page 67 REFERENCES......Page 72 1. Syntactic properties......Page 74 1.1 Adverb placement......Page 75 1.2 Left periphery......Page 76 1.3 Clausal structure......Page 79 2.1 Temporal interpretation......Page 80 2.3 Subject properties......Page 81 2.4 Infinitival raising......Page 83 3. Syntactic analysis......Page 84 REFERENCES......Page 86 2. Data......Page 90 3. The Status of Spanish Prefixes......Page 93 4. A Theoretical Analysis of Spanish Syllabification......Page 95 5. Previous Analyses and Their Shortcomings......Page 99 REFERENCES......Page 102 0. Introduction......Page 104 1. Spanish preverbal subjects......Page 105 2. Evidence that preverbal subjects are not in topic position......Page 107 3. Focus/wh-phrases......Page 110 4. Evidence that preverbal subjects are not in focus/wh- position......Page 112 5. Towards a solution......Page 113 6. Conclusions......Page 116 REFERENCES......Page 117 1. The morphological encoding of quantificational force......Page 120 2. Indefinite FRs......Page 121 3. Definite vs. universal FRs......Page 125 4. The semantic interpretation of FRs......Page 131 REFERENCES......Page 134 0. Introduction......Page 138 1. Linguistic Atlas Data......Page 139 2. How many parameters?......Page 142 3. Feature Geometry......Page 145 4.Underspecification......Page 148 4.1 The tu ~ vous split......Page 149 6. Conclusion......Page 150 REFERENCES......Page 151 0. Introduction......Page 154 1. The transitivity restriction in English......Page 155 2. Agr as [+D] head in Spanish......Page 158 3. Locative subjects vs. fronted locative PPs in Spanish......Page 159 4. PP fronting in Italian......Page 162 5. Conclusion......Page 165 REFERENCES......Page 166 0. Introduction......Page 168 1. Lenition Processes......Page 170 2. The phonetic implementation of intervocalic stops in Spanish and Portuguese......Page 171 3. Experimental design......Page 174 4. Results......Page 175 5. Conclusions......Page 177 6. Summary......Page 178 REFERENCES......Page 179 0. Introduction......Page 182 1. Coda consonants in Afro-Iberian language......Page 183 2. Onset clusters in Afro-Iberian language......Page 185 3. Treatment of Ibero-Romance onset clusters among African languages......Page 186 4. A constraint-based analysis of Afro-Iberian epenthesis vs. elision......Page 187 5. Representative analyses......Page 189 6. The phonology of epenthesis/elision in pidginization and creolization......Page 191 REFERENCES......Page 194 1. Introduction......Page 198 2. Methodological approach......Page 199 3. The concept of contrast......Page 201 4. First level of analysis......Page 202 4.1 Group #1......Page 203 4.2 Group #2......Page 204 4.3 Group #3......Page 205 5.1 Group #1......Page 206 5.3 Group #3......Page 208 6. Conclusions......Page 212 REFERENCES......Page 213 0. Introduction......Page 216 1. Coda obstruents in north-central Peninsular Spanish......Page 217 2. Local conjunction......Page 222 3. A constraint-based analysis......Page 223 4. Conclusion......Page 229 REFERENCES......Page 230 1. Introduction......Page 234 1.1 The Nominal Mapping Parameter......Page 235 1.2 Argumentai Bare NPs and the singular/plural asymmetry......Page 236 1.3 Bare nouns and the predicate/argument asymmetry......Page 237 2.1 The Free Agr Parameter......Page 238 2.3 Bare predicates and lack of number......Page 239 2.4 Semantic number effects......Page 242 3.1 Bare NP arguments in Brazilian Portuguese......Page 244 3.2 Evidence for Lack of Number in Bare Singulars......Page 245 3.3 Semantic number effects in bare arguments......Page 246 4. Conclusion......Page 247 REFERENCES......Page 248 1. Empirical Domain......Page 250 1.1 Conditional interpretation......Page 251 1.2 Syntactic status......Page 253 2. Proposal......Page 254 2.1 Mapping onto quantificational structures......Page 255 2.2 A-Quantifiers......Page 257 2.3 D-Quantifiers......Page 259 3. The Role of Factivity......Page 261 REFERENCES......Page 262 1. Introduction......Page 264 2. The syntactic analysis......Page 267 3.1 Something about nouns......Page 268 3.2 Applying the mechanism to the PIC, the PR and the GC......Page 269 4.1 The aspectual markers cannot operate on atoms......Page 271 4.3 The phonological realization of the type shifter......Page 272 4.4 C as a type shifter vs. ordinary Cs......Page 273 5. Analytic or synthetic......Page 274 REFERENCES......Page 277 0. Introduction......Page 280 1. Data......Page 282 2.1 Feature Geometry......Page 284 2.2 Optimality Theory......Page 286 3. Non-homorganicity: Loiano......Page 287 4. Vowel Epenthesis/Non-Homorganicity: Vediceto......Page 288 5. Assimilation/Consonant Epenthesis vs. Non-Homorganicity: Brisighella......Page 289 REFERENCES......Page 293 1. Introduction......Page 296 2. The Genitive Article as a Syntactically Complex Pronominal......Page 299 3. Genitive Case-Assignment......Page 303 4.Conclusion......Page 308 REFERENCES......Page 309 0. Introduction......Page 310 2. Kayne(1994)......Page 311 3. Predicates and attributes......Page 313 4. Against a feature movement analysis of attributival agreement......Page 315 5. Attributival agreement as a consequence of theta-identification......Page 317 6. Romance versus Germanic......Page 319 7. Attributive adjectives......Page 322 8. Conclusion......Page 323 REFERENCES......Page 324 1. Introduction......Page 326 2. Epenthesis in Vimeu Picard......Page 327 3. The Prosodic Phonology of Vimeu Picard......Page 329 4. A Theory of Prosodic Licensing......Page 330 5. Licensing of Consonants in Vimeu Picard......Page 331 5.1 Direct Licensing......Page 332 5.2 Indirect Licensing......Page 333 6.2 Variable Triggering of Epenthesis Phrase-Medially......Page 338 7. Variation as a Result of Competition between Epenthesis and Indirect Licensing......Page 340 8. Conclusion......Page 341 REFERENCES......Page 342 DATA SOURCES......Page 343 1. Introduction......Page 346 2. The dative P and Romance have and be......Page 347 2.1 Romance Participles: the theoretical issue......Page 349 2.2 The relevance of the prepositional content of have......Page 351 3. Spanish: the dative preposition with accusative objects......Page 354 4. have, be and Participles......Page 358 5. Participial Agreement versus Clitic Doubling......Page 361 6. Conclusion......Page 364 REFERENCES......Page 365 1. Problems for a unified analysis of en/ne-cliticization......Page 368 2. The clitic and its double......Page 369 2.1 Categorial types as epiphenomena......Page 370 2.2.1 Specifying pro for category features......Page 371 3. Unity and diversity......Page 372 3.1 Morphological differences......Page 373 3.2 Syntactic differences......Page 375 3.3 Interpretative differences......Page 377 4. Concluding remarks......Page 380 REFERENCES......Page 381 0. Introduction......Page 384 1. Prosodie Word Structure......Page 385 2. Constraints for aspiration......Page 387 3.1 Buenos Aires Argentinian......Page 389 3.2 Rio Negro Argentinian and Caribbean II......Page 390 3.3 Caribbean I......Page 391 3 4 Implications......Page 392 4.1 Rule Based Analyses......Page 394 4.2 OT Analyses......Page 395 5. Conclusions......Page 396 REFERENCES......Page 397 GENERAL INDEX......Page 400 On Becoming A Clitic / Nancy Mae Antrim -- Primary Stress In Spanish / Zsuzsanna Barkanyi -- Spanish Clauses Without Complementizers / Claudia Brovetto -- On The Nature Of Bare Nouns In Haitian Creole / Viviane Deprez -- Towards A Syntax Of Adult Root Infinitives / Ricardo Etxepare And Kleanthes K. Grohmann -- Re-examining Spanish 'resyllabification' / Timothy L. Face -- On Preverbal Subjects In Spanish / Grant Goodall -- The Semantics Of Spanish Free Relatives / Javier Gutierrez-rexach -- Split Subject Pronoun Paradigms: Feature Geometry And Underspecification / David Heap -- Locative Inversion, Pp Topicalization And The Epp / Paula Kempchinsky -- Contrast Maintenance And Intervocalic Stop Lenition In Spanish And Portuguese: When Is It Alright To Lenite? / Anthony M. Lewis -- Epenthesis Vs. Elision In Afro-iberian Language: A Constraint-based Approach To Creole Phonology / John M. Lipski -- Contrastive Discourse Markers In Spanish: Beyond Contrast / Monica Malamud -- Coda Obstruents And Local Constraint Conjunction In North-central Peninsular Spanish / Richard E. Morris -- Bare Nouns And The Morphosyntax Of Number / Alan Munn And Cristina Schmitt -- Non-logical If / Josep Quer -- Selecting Atomic Cells From Temporal Domains: Fixing Parameters In Romance / Joan Rafel -- Non-homorganic Nasal Clusters In Northern Italian Dialects / Lori Repetti -- Romanian Nominal Structure, Proforms, And Genitive Case Checking / Edward J. Rubin -- Adjectival Agreement Within Dp Without Feature Movement / Petra Sleeman -- A Constraint-based Analysis Of Intraspeaker Variation: Vocalic Epenthesis In Vimeu Picard / Jeffrey Steele And Julie Auger -- Aspects In The Prepositional System Of Romance / Esther Torrego -- A Unified Analysis Of French And Italian En/ne / Dieter Vermandere -- Variation In Spanish Aspiration And Prosodic Boundary Constraints / Caroline R. Wiltshire. Edited By Teresa Satterfield, Christina Tortora, Diana Cresti. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Machine generated contents note: On Becoming a Clitic Nancy Mae Antrim Primary Stress in Spanish Zsuzsanna Bdrkdnyi Spanish Clauses without Complementizers Claudia Brovetto On the Nature of Bare Nouns in Haitian Creole Viviane Deprez Towards a Syntax of Adult Root Infinitives Ricardo Etxepare, Kleanthes K. Grohmann Re-examining Spanish 'Resyllabification' Timothy L. Face On Preverbal Subjects in Spanish Grant Goodall The Semantics of Spanish Free Relatives Javier Gutierrez-Rexach Split Subject Pronoun Paradigms: Feature Geometry and Underspecification David Heap Locative Inversion, PP Topicalization and the EPP Paula Kempchinsky Contrast Maintenance and Intervocalic Stop Lenition in Spanish and Portuguese: When is It Alright to Lenite? Anthony M. Lewis Epenthesis vs. Elision in Afro-Iberian Language: A Constraint-based Approach to Creole Phonology John M. Lipski Contrastive Discourse Markers in Spanish: Beyond Contrast Monica Malamud Coda Obstruents and Local Constraint Conjunction in North-Central Peninsular Spanish Richard E. Morris Bare Nouns and the Morphosyntax of Number Alan Munn, Cristina Schmitt Non-Logical if Josep Quer Selecting Atomic Cells from Temporal Domains: Fixing Parameters in Romance Joan Rafel Non-Homorganic Nasal Clusters in Northern Italian Dialects Lori Repetti Romanian Nominal Structure, Proforms, and Genitive Case Checking Edward J Rubin Adjectival Agreement within DP without Feature Movement Petra Sleeman A Constraint-Based Analysis of Intraspeaker Variation: Vocalic Epenthesis in Vimeu Picard Jeffrey Steele, Julie Auger Aspects in the Prepositional System of Romance Esther Torrego A Unified Analysis of French and Italian en / ne Dieter Vermandere Variation in Spanish Aspiration and Prosodic Boundary Constraints Caroline R. Wiltshire. This book presents an enlightening collection of papers contributing to theoretical discussions across many topics within the study of Romance Languages and Linguistics. The work originates from the 29th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages held in 1999 at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, although only a small subpart of the proceedings papers are included in this volume. The selected papers have been reworked for the current publication.